Clomid Journey / Success Stories Cont ...

[Lottystar]

The old thread which was so popular has become full so thought we'd start one here again for us all to support one another through the clomid journey and celebrate it's successes xx

Ditsy, you must know me! I've already succumbed to temptation and used two of the three - both negative.

I'm not sure what I expected really, I only got a positive opk on the 27th Sept so it's probably still too early. With my first little boy I didn't get a positive for ages. I'm not testing again unless my period is late... I think it's due around the 13th / 14th too.

I've got cramping, backache and discharge still Anroga, also slight pulling pains down below. Pretty sure it's period pain coming on but hoping against the odds. At least I'm on holiday on the beautiful Cornwall Coast, the seaside walks are taking my mind of it xx

Hi Lotty and anroga,

I think you would both be testing too early, I know how tempting it is and no matter how reason tells me its too early I just would not be able to help myself which is why I will not purchase a test until the 16th.

I sound like the voice if reason when in reality I am constantly staring at the calendar wishing the days away....the wait is excruciating!

Anroga....I was getting some weird cramps last night that felt like AF cramps....of course I was secretly hoping it was implantation. Though it would be too early at 5dpo. How many dpo is it when implantation occurs?

Lotty I hope those cramps are implantation cramps! Do you usually get AF cramps this early? I just get them the day of. It so irritating the way our bodies seem to play tricks on us.

The horrible thing is the way periods and pregnancy seem to present in the same way you end up observing your body and not being able to work out what is going on add in all the hope and waiting and it is no wonder we are all feeling the strain, I to have done tests too early just hoping against the odds, it is a form of self torture though I think....

Countrycob....oh yes I hear you on the period/pregnancy symptoms. For two and half years if ttc I have actually every single month convinced myself that I was pregnant by looking into any tiny little symptom by body throws my way!

It's exhausting, the hope, the wondering, the obsessing, the devastation and then it all starts over!

Ladies, can I ask how your partners are finding the whole process. My dh is just soooo laid back about it all. But I guess I do all the worrying myself and don't over involve him as he gets problems keepin it up if he feels the pressure!

Hi everyone , just thought I'd mention that I could feel implantation cramps 5 days after ovulating,
I too thought it was to early but sure enough it was and I also had a lot of discharge from day 5 (sorry for to much info) the cramps were every day pretty much till 8 weeks when they died down, now I get them on off X I just thought it might help you ditsy donkey ;)
I think some people can feel it some can't, just wanted to try and help xx Take care everyone ,sending lots of baby dust out xx

Gosh, that's why these forums are a bit of a sanity line as generally and understandably people just don't understand the agonising / frustrating process of ttc when you have fertility issues... I honestly look at a month in an entirely different way now and it's divided up into sections (af / Provera, then clomid, then shagging like bunnies, day 21, then the two week wait that feels like forever) ...

Ditsy, I haven't had a natural period (not Provera induced) for well over a year and before then my periods were crazy irregular so it's hard to recall what it was like ... I'm pretty sure I didn't cramp for a whole week before but I've read clomid can make your af symptoms worse due to the hormones. As you guys say, the symptoms of early pregnancy and the onset of a period are so similar it's just cruel.

CountryCob, it is a form of self- torture but the 'what if' possibility gets me every time. Tonight I even got the test out of the bin as a faint evaporation line had appeared ... I need to honestly get a grip

My hubby doesn't get it really, he tries to support but the process (barring rumpy pumpy) is pretty solitary. He witnesses my clomid craziness and I try to otherwise shield him as I think it's better to talk to those who are also going through it. It stops him from worrying he may need to get the men in white coats and it makes me feel like I'm not alone xx

Thanks Fingerscrossed, I hope you're starting to enjoy early pregnancy now and not worry too much xx

Hello Dittzy, yes for the first time in about a decade the pressure is getting to my hubby to perform, he really hated the sperm test get it to hospital in an hour business as we are rural and he did not fancy knocking one out in a public loo so was almost impossible to get sample to place, would be funny if not so horrible for him! Am trying to shield him too but the longer it goes on the more he starts wanting a kid as he is used to the idea, we are getting older and there are more babies around to make him broody, at first he was not that bothered I don't think but now I think he thinks it is more serious, off to hospital this afternoon for my check up and clomid, he genuinely can't this time as there is a work meeting so just going on my own not told them in case they try to reschedule as been months waiting and I think he could do with a break from it because if he cannot "perform" there will be no baby! Must be affecting him pretty badly for that to happen but he is the strong silent type so that is all I know..... Baby dust to all xxxxx

Hi girls. Just been reading all your posts, really wishing all the best to you all.

I'm taking the chilled out approach this month, that's why I havnt been in here that much.......the more I read and write the more frustrated I get.

I'm on day 10 of my cycle, and ny period only lasted 4 and a half days, also didn't have thatany cramps apart from day 1. Also my mood on chlomid wasn't bad either.
I go for my day 21 blood test on the 18th.....3days after my birthday so I'm hoping for good news!

Nothing much else to say, just I have my fingers crossed for you all xxxxx lots of love to you lovely ladies xxx

Oh fingerscrossed I am clinging on to your post hoping that the cramps I am having, sore boobs and discharge are signs of implantation! (Even though as we have all said period/pregnancy symptoms can be similar but it would be early for period symptoms) After reading some of the other posts girls I am definately going to wait until the 14th when my period is due.

I like your chilled out approach Kerrylou I think I have got to the point where it is all I think about and it is exhausting! If this cycle of clomid doesn't work I think I am going to leave anymore further steps with IVF until the New Year and enjoy the run up to Christmas. No more calender watching, ovulating planning for a couple of months I think might do me good and then start the New Year with a fresh approach.

Ditsy and country I know just what you mean about your partners, Ed is great, we can talk about it and he hates it when I get so upset about it all but he doesn't understand how it feels a) he is not a woman and b) he already has two kids of his own. I think he secretly feels guilty after recently finding out that that means we have to pay for IVF too.

He finds the pressure to perform hard sometimes which then can make us argue because I am like we need to do it now I am ovulating!! Like your partner country cob he hated doing the sperm test and the rush to get it to the clinic within an hour the stress which doesn't help matters!

Sorry I have wittered on, just gives us all some sanity as Lotty says that we are all going through the same thing and not alone - I don't know what I would do without this now - be in a straigh jacket by now probably!

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They say it happens when you're more relaxed so fingers crossed for you girls. I have found this month a bit of an emotional roller coaster as feel on a high due to actually ovulating, but now with the two week wait, watching symptoms (even tho I really try not to) and expectation of disappointment, it's just exhausting. I am enjoying my holiday tho and off for some pampering in the spa in half an hour so that should really take my mind off it!

Haha, yes, I think men the world over hate the sperm test. My hubby has another one when were back home, which I know he dreads, even though he thinks he has laser sperm

Enjoy your spa Lotty, that will take your mind off of it......well at least for an hour or so!

Ha ha they all think they have laser sperm! :) x

Ha ha Lotty, my graham is the same.......he has 6kids already so reckons he has super spunk lololol.

He's still at work and I'm sat on my own just thinking about things, I am so desperate I could scream. I just can't wait to walk around and show off my baby bump. Its the little things that I think about, might sound daft, but its the things like getting my hospital bag ready, sorting out baby clothes, buying baby shampoos and talc, things like that what I think about that's making me want it more and more.

I've got 2 months left on chlomid and if that doesn't work then its IVF.
Why can't I get pregnant? Why am I not releasing eggs without help.........why, when I meet the man I want to spend the rest of my life with do I want a baby but can't!!

Aaargh! Sorry girls, I'm just so frustrated xxx

KerryLou, keep your chin up, it must be mega frustrating but just try to be positive and do everything you can over the next two cycles. You're still young and I'm sure it will happen for you. Sending big hugs your way xx

Hey, I'm glad I'm not the only one who lives with Mr super spunk / laser sperm then xxx

Omg. I know I said I'd wait a few more days but I felt a bit sick this morning so thought "what the hell" as the last pregnancy test was in the drawer taunting me ... I got a faint BFP!!! I am still in utter disbelief. Obviously crazy early so need to manage my expectations but blimey!!! Very, very happy. Good luck to you ladies, let's hope Lady Luck is shining down on us all this month xxxx

Oh wow......congratulations Lotty! What day are you on? Xxx

About 10dpo I think ... Still in utter disbelief xxx

Wow, wow, wow Lotty, congratulations! You knew! Oh I am really hoping it will be the same for me, tempted to test!!

I am so pleased for you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

So how far does that make you? Have you told your partner? Really pleased for you xxx

Thank you ladies :) I did feel like it because the discharge was too much and the cramping was persistent. Once I felt a bit sick this morning I just decided to take the last test. Now having got my first bfp my boobs just look bigger too. Very, very early tho. I must have conceived around the 28th Sept so just under 2 weeks? I need to get more pregnancy tests just to confirm. I've told my hubby as I needed him to check the test as I thought I was seeing things - it was a faint line but definitely there! He's really happy but we are just going to take it week by week in this early stage xxx

Soooo hoping you gals get your bfps soon xx

Anroga test when you feel it's right for you. I've been pregnant before so I know how I feel being pregnant early on. That's why I kept testing x

Omg Lotty that is AMAZING news, I was having a crap day but hearing that has just made me so happy!

I was coming in to say that last night and today 7dpo I have been getting sharp poking pains in my unterus that keep happening in the same place from time to time but only last a second.....hopefully it may be implantation......though maybe its too early for that.....silly symptom spotting I know!!

Lotty what have your cramps been like?

Ditsy does your feel different to period cramping? Mine is basically there all the time but worse some times during the day, it varies from a dull aches to twinges, I am not due on until 14th so keep thinking its a bit early for period pain as I usually only get that the day before but then again it could be clomid bringing my period on early again

Argghhhh!

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Thanks too Ditsy! I'm mega happy but trying to keep a cool head, it doesn't quite feel real yet. The cramping I've had has been a dull ache in the back / ovaries area with the occasional sharp twinge or pulling feeling. No spotting tho. Just lots and lots if creamy discharge. Keeping everything crossed for you ladies, it would be lovely if we all had babies due around the same time xxx

Wow that's excellent news xx xx so happy for you lottystar, I thought that it sounded like what bib had X I had the cramping till about 8 weeks then I don't get it now :)
So pleased for you X sending lots of baby dustbin to everyone xx

Lotty that sounds similar to what I'm getting....anroga it started off AF like and dull achey but last night and all day today I have had sharp poking type pains in one place!

I think it is what happened me the last time I got a positive, unfortunately that wasn't to be but hopefully if I do get a bfp this month it will stick. But I can't even let myself drem at this stage.

Lotty you must be sooooo excited. How long have you been trying for?

Woohoo Lottie so pleased for you xxxxxx